Clinical Legal Education in Europe: Innovation and Social Justice

Author: Paul McKeown et al.
Publisher: Bristol University Press
ISBN: 9781529251272
Published In: June 2026
Format: Hardback
Jurisdiction: U.K. ? Disclaimer:
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Drawing on the European Network for Clinical Legal Education's expertise, this collection examines clinical legal education in Europe.

Challenging traditional legal education, the book shows how clinical legal education methodologies can enhance student engagement, promote diversity and advance social justice goals. Chapters make use of rich case studies and provide readers with a critical analysis of a range of clinical legal education practices across Europe. It is essential reading for legal educators, policy makers and practitioners seeking to modernize legal education and prepare future lawyers for contemporary challenges.

1. Introduction – Paul McKeown, Rachel Stalker, Laura Bugatti

Part 1: Clinical Theory

2. Embedding Clinical Legal Education in Europe: A Systemic Approach – Paul McKeown

3. A New Legal Culture and a New Law School Based on "old ideas", for a Europe in Times of Crisis – José García-Añon

Part 2: Clinical Pedagogy in Specific National Contexts

4. The Transformative Role of Law Clinics in Spanish and Italian Legal Education – Cecilia Blengino and Andrés Gascón-Cuenca

5. Beyond Legal Clinics: Fostering Legal Aid Consciousness in Doctrinal Curriculum – Mária Havelková

6. The Competence Development Impact of the Legal Clinic Methodology in the Hungarian Legal Education – Judit Tóth, Renáta Kálmán and Tamás Pongó

7. Student Zeal as the Pillar of Sustainable Clinical Programs in Croatia – Juraj Brozovic

8. Procedural Support and Intervention in Legal Clinic Networks – Raúl Sánchez Gómez

9. Public Legal Education: Empowering Communities in Europe – Sarah Morse

10. Public Legal Education: Sense and Sensibility: The Case from a Georgian Perspective – Richard Grimes and Amy Wallace

11. Advancing Clinical Legal Education and Facilitating Access to Justice through Policy Clinics – Siobhan McConnell, Lyndsey Bengtsson and Rachel Dunn

Part 3: Social Justice Challenges

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5 years and 5000 Cases: The Development of the HKC Refugee Rights Hub at Sheffield Hallam University – Chris Riley and Clare Tudor

13. Maintaining the Wellbeing of Students in Legal Clinical Settings – Amanda Thurston and Diana Kirsch

14. The Interconnection Between the Arts, Refugee and Migration Law in the Context of Clinical Legal Education as a Discourse – Lee-Anne Paula Doyle Fraschia, Lela Aisha Jones and Ulrich Stege

15. Clinical Legal Education and Environmental Law - Veronika Tomoszkova

16. AI and the Future of Student Legal Clinics: Navigating Opportunities and Challenges - Olga M. Piaskowska and Piotr F. Piesiewicz

17. Clinical Legal Education in Ukraine During Armed Conflict Caused by Russian Aggression - Mariia Tsypiashchuk

Part 4: The Global Picture

18. The Contributions of European Clinics to Globalised Clinical Legal Education – Jeff Giddings

19. Concluding thoughts – Paul McKeown, Rachel Stalker, Laura Bugatti